Financing the $156 million redevelopment of the historic Pillsbury A-Mill into affordable apartments for artists nearly fell apart when a major investor dropped out in May, leaving developer Dominium scrambling to find a replacement. But the deal finally came together.

Architect Tom Fisher, dean of the University of Minnesota’s College of Design, thinks new parking ramps should take a cue from history and be designed to allow for future uses that may not involve storing automobiles.

A selection committee has chosen Scape Landscape Architecture and Roger Marvel Architects to create a design for the “Water Works” site, a riverfront district centered on St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis.

As the Dayton administration and environmental organizations push Congress to permit the emergency closure of the navigational locks on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, two new government studies have detailed the potential costs of action — and inaction.